Mod Podge Hand Tree's

I came across THIS BLOG... and found this Stunning piece of art, then quickly realized it wasn't JUST art, it was as well a family treasure... Each child's hand formed the Tree... How awesome is that ?? I just fell in love with it, and had to do it right away....

So follow the link and it shows you step by step instructions how to make your very own piece of art...

Those are the one's that we made... The far Left is my 9 year olds the middle is my 2 year olds and the far right is my 6 year olds... How cute are they ???? I will treasure them for years to come !!

P.S If you bought a kit from me... When you take the brown fabric and burlap out you will want to iron them so they are nice and wrinkle free before you glue them down... Also, before i glued the leaves down i put a big glob of glue on the burlap where i was going to position the leaves... It was MUCH easier for the leaves to stick...

Michelle

Weekly shopping Part 1 of 2

Today i had a friend over so i could show her the ropes of coupon clipping / shopping so i got a late start at the stores... It's ok, i would rather get a late start so i can show some fellow friends how to save money...

So this is what i did, stopped at Walgreens, Henrys, Vons and Albertsons... (tomorrow will be Stater bros and Rite Aid...)

Walgreens
Huggies Jumbo diapers $8.99
.59 sucker (had to buy, some reason the register wouldn't accept both Manu coupon and RR rewards for the 1 item... Even though it was less then total...)
Used $2.00 Manu coupon
$2.00 Register rewards
Total OOP $ 6.37
Received $2.00 in RR

Trans #2
1 Packages of Valentine stickers
Buy 1 $1.99 get 1 free (this wasn't advertised on the shelf, but rang up this way)
Had to buy a filler since my subtotal was less then $2.00... UGH !!
.33 carmel (cheapest thing i could find at the last second)
Total OOP $.49

Henry's..
Henry's is a great place to buy fresh produce... I ONLY buy what is on sale for the week, so this week i bought
1 Whole Pineapple $2.00
Asparagus $1.49 lb
Fresh Green beans $1.50 lb
Baby carrots $.88 package
Mineola Tangelos .49 lb
Bananas .69 lb
Red potatoes .79 lb
Nectarines .97 lb
and last but certainly NOT least.... Lambrusco wine... $5.99 ;-)
Total $ 18.54

Vons
Chuck pot roast $1.79 lb
Pork chops assorted Value pack $1.47 lb
Granny smith apples .77 lb
Gala Apples .77 lb
Total  $15.51

Albertsons
ok, so this was the best deal of the day..
6 Jars of Skippy peanut butter on sale for $1.50, used $1.00 coupon from albertsons ad, and $1.00 off each jar coupon from the Vons football ad deals.... 6 Jars of peanut butter... FREE !!!
2 6oz tomatoe paste .50
3 Boxes Honey nut Cheerios $1.25
1 General mills gushers $1.75
4 packages Anthony's pasta $1.00
Foster farms whole chicken $5.00 (1.09 lb, the .77 albertson brand chickens were more like Cornish game hens)
Fresh express bagged salad $1.50
Pillsbury Valentine cookie dough $2.50 ( I caved....  LOL ! )
Albertons split top bread $1.49
2 Fabuloso Lavendar cleaners $1.00
Total $ 24.17

Total for everyting ........ $65.08
still need to go to Stater brothers, and Rite aid... will let you know how that goes..

This weeks Menu / Shopping plan

Ok... So here is my Menu for this weeks dinners...

Wednesday  Whole Chicken, cooked in the oven with Green beans
Thursday Pork Chops  and HOME MADE Applesauce
Friday Pot Roast ( carrots, onions and potatoes)
Saturday.... Some type of pasta (always on Saturdays... since the hubby leaves early)

So there is the menu, now for the shopping list

Henrys   Henry's is great for fresh produce...
Asparagus $1.49 lb  (still haven't figured out, but too good of a price to not have it this week)
Yellow Nectarines .97 lb  (after school snacks)
Sweet Onions .88 lb (Friday nights dinner)
Green beans 2lb / $3.00   (Wed night dinner)
Baby peeled carrots .88 lb  (Friday nights dinner)
Blueberries .97 package (Fri, Sat and Sun)

VONS
Chuck Pot Roast $1.97 lb (Friday's dinner)
Pork Loin chops $1.47 lb (Thursdays dinner)
Gala, Granny smith and red delicious apples .77 lb  (after school snacks)
Mandarins 10lb/$10 (snacks)

Albertsons
Cheerios $1.75 box (must buy 4)  less, if you have coupons..
Whole chicken .79 lb
Anthony's pasta $1.00 box...(Stock up price)  also, search for coupons online...
Fresh Express Salad 3 / $3.00
Albertons brand loaf of bread $1.49

Fabuloso cleaner $1.00  (my favorite cleaner)

Stater Bros
Whole Chicken .69 lb
Capri sun $1.67 ea (Sunday, Monday and Tuesday)
Farmer John Sliced Bacon $2.49 (Sunday, Monday and Tuesday)
Red grapes $1.99 lb


And here is the blog that i follow the most... Love how she has' the stores listed... Easy to find, and easy to read. All this weeks deals will be posted on there...
Money Saving Mom

Happy Shopping !!!!

Rite Aid & Walgreen Deal Scenario !!

Ok,  so here are the deals i am going out for today... Actually thought they ended yesterday, but the deals that ended yesterday were for the grocery stores... So here is what i am planning on going to do..

Rite Aid
Transaction #1
Tylenol Precise heat patch $5
Use $3 in UP rewards from last week
$2 coupon
Paid 0.44 and get $3.00 in UP rewards

Transaction #2
Buy (2) Aveeno Lotion $3.49 ea
Buy (1) Clean and Clear $5.99
Buy (1) Aveeno Shampoo, Conditioner or Stylers $5.99
Buy (1) Lubriderm Lotion $7.99
Total: $26.95
use (2) $1.00/1 Aveeno in ad coupons  (Ack, i only used 1... Forgot to clip the other one..)
use (1) $1.00/1 Clean and Clean in ad coupons
use (1) $1.00/1 Lubriderm in ad coupon
use (1) $1.00/1 Clean and Clear Manufacturer Coupon
use $1.50/1 Aveeno Shampoo Manufacturer Coupon
use $1.50/1 Lubriderm Manufacturer Coupon
use $4.00/$20.00 Video Values Coupon  ( I can't access this so i won't be using it... 8-( )
Use $3.00 UP rewards from Trans#1
Total: $14.95 (with tax $17.31) after coupons
Get $10.00 UPR
Get $1.00 UPR
Plus submit rebate for free Aveeno Product
$6.31 for everything   

More rite aid deals here


Transaction#3
Purex is Buy 1 get 1 Free
$7.99 ea
Use $1.00 coupon
Wellness coupon $1.00 (shows on receipt, not sure how i got it... But glad i did !! )
and $10.00 UP rewards from 2nd transaction ( didn't use this since my total was less then $10.00)
Total OOP $6.69
(Not sure how much the Purex is, but assuming i won't be paying anything OOP for this)
7.99
Should have spent around $5.00 Including tax and received all of this !!! Will update how it went... Wish me luck !! !  *** UPDATE... So i did this post in such a hurry i didn't really think things through... On my 2nd Transaction i spent $17.31 and got back the $11.00 in rewards.. (rolled $1.00 in UP rewads for the 3rd transaction)  I ended up keeping the $10.00 reward since my total for the Purex detergent was less then $10.00.... So after all was said and done i ended up spending $32.24.

Also there was another transaction i had forgot to mention earlier and it was..

Get $4 UPR wyb $12 included Household items

Scrubbing Bubbles Foamer 2/$7
$1/1 Scrubbing Bubbles Mega Shower Foamer Rite Aid Video Values DEC
$1/1 Scrubbing Bubbles Shower Foamer, 1/9/11 SS
$1.50 after coupon

Palmolive 2/$5
$2/2 Palmolive Dish Liquid 1/2/2011 SS Insert (exp 1/22/2011)
$1.50 each after coupon

DEAL IDEA: 2 Scrubbing Bubbles $3.50 ea / $7 2 Palmolive $2.50 ea / $5 - $1/1 Scrubbing Bubbles VV - $2 using (2) $1/1 Scrubbing Bubbles (Didn't have these but did have a .75 off ) - $2/2 Palmolive ( Didn't have these either, but i did have 2x .75 off) final = $7.80, get $4 UPR = $0.95 each

**** I am so upset with my self that i spent over what i thought and attended to spend... But in the long run i did get a lot of things i will be needing for $32.00)

Walgreens
Transaction #1
Reach total Care toothbrush $3.99 (They were actually $4.49 ea)
buy 2 for $4.49
Use buy 1 get 1 free coupon
and $2 in ad (Should deduct $4)
= 2 Free toothbrushes ( ended up paying .93 for tax and .49 differance)

Transaction #2
Buy 2 Jergens Ultra Healing Lotion $4.29 ea (were $4.49 ea) =$8.98 +tax
Use $3.00 Coupon
=$5.98 + tax (total paid 6.77)
Get back $5.55 RR
=.1.77 for both lotions

Transaction #3                  ***** Couldn't find these, and was over the shopping trip, so i didn't ask*****
Go Kids Multivitamin $5.00
Use $5.00 RR
OOP 0.00
Get back $5.00 RR

Transaction #4
Eos Lip balm $2.99
Buy a $2.00 filler item (ended up getting some Valentine candy... Nolan was with me, $2.69)
Use $5.00 RR
OOP .94 (.68 subtotal)
Get back
$2.00 RR

Total OOP $8.64+ tax for all of it, and came home with $2.00 in Register Rewards for next week.

So looking back, in reality i did pretty good... Just bummed things didn't go like i had expected... But if i had paid attention more (wouldn't have had Nolan with me... ) i could have done a better job... All well, it's still a learning process...


Michelle